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Domitilla Flavia

unknown (Italian School)

Basic information

ID: Ж-2393
Author: unknown (Italian School)
Name: Domitilla Flavia
Technique: oil painting
Material: wood oil
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 51 x 35

Additionally

Type: painting
Genre: portraiture
Plot: Portrait
Provenance: Collection of Lviv City Gallery
Exposition: Potocki Palace

Information about author

Author: unknown (Italian School)
Country: Italy

Object description

Against the backdrop of a decorative landscape with mountains on the right and triumphal gates on the left, there is a half-length portrait of a woman with her torso turned towards the viewer. Her head is turned three-quarters to the right, and her gaze is directed straight ahead. The woman's hair is adorned with two strands of pearls. The woman's right arm is extended to the side, while her left hand is pressed against her chest, lifting the edge of a white mantle. The woman's light purple garment is decorated with gold and pearls. Flavia Domitilla the Elder (? – before 69 AD) was the first wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. They married in the year 38. Flavia Domitilla the Elder was the mother of Flavia Domitilla the Younger and two Roman Emperors, Titus and Domitian. However, she passed away without seeing her husband or sons as Roman Emperors. Little is known about the daughter of Emperor Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla the Elder, Flavia Domitilla the Younger (45 AD – 66 AD). She was a matron during the early years of the Roman Empire. In 60 AD, she married Quintus Cerialis, with whom she had a daughter, but she passed away shortly after in 66 AD. In 85 AD, her brother, the Emperor Domitian, posthumously bestowed upon her the title of Augusta. In Ferentium, a temple was built in her honour.

Inscriptions

At the bottom of the canvas, there is an inscription: "DOMITILLA FLAVIA. D. OC. AVDIE VXC"

Portrayed person